Acknowledgements

The conference and the report would not have been possible without the contributions of the people who worked tirelessly on the sessions mentioned within. We would like to acknowledge them for their efforts and commitment to making the Conference a success.

Steering Committee

Chair of Steering Committee Emerita Professor Tan Sri Dr Mazlan Othman FASc Academy of Sciences Malaysia Contact: mazlan@akademisains.gov.my

Chair of Technical Committee Emerita Professor Dr Phang Siew Moi FASc UCSI University, Malaysia

Chair of Conference Management & Finance Pn. Hazami Habib & Ms Seetha Ramasamy Academy of Sciences Malaysia

Chair of Sponsorship Tan Sri Ir Dr Ahmad Tajuddin Ali FASc SIRIM Berhad

Chair of Strategic Partnership Professor Dato ’ Dr Khairul Anuar Abdullah FASc Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia

Chair of Branding and Promotion Datuk Kamarudin Meranun AirAsia

Chair of MSA Laureates Emeritus Professor Dr John Sheppard Mackenzie Curtin University, Australia

Technical Committees

Tropical Agriculture Professor Datin Paduka Dr Khatijah Mohd Yusoff FASc (Chair) Dr Ravigadevi a/p T.S Sambanthamurthi FASc Dr Mahaletchumy Arujanan Professor Dr Paul Teng Professor Dr Zulkifli Idrus Dr Surina Ismail Dr Ruslan Abdullah

Tropical Architecture & Engineering Professor Dato ’ Dr Kamaruzzaman Sopian FASc (Chair)

Emeritus Professor Dato ’ Ar Dr Elias @ Ilias bin Salleh Tan Sri Dato ’ Sri Ar Esa Mohamed FASc Dato ’ Ir. Ahmad `Asri Abdul Hamid

Tropical Medicine Professor Dr Yvonne Lim Ai Lian FASc (Chair) Academician Emeritus Professor Dato ’ Dr Lam Sai Kit FASc Professor Dr Joseph Sriyal Malik Peiris Professor Dr Balbir Singh Mohan Singh FASc Dr Fazilah Shaik Allaudin

Tropical Natural Resources Datuk Dr Abdul Rahim Nik FASc (Chair) Professor Dato ’ Dr Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah FASc Dr Ahmad Aldrie Amir Professor Dr Nor Hadiani Ismail Dr Yap Sau Wai

Secretariat

Rapporteurs

Aliya Ahmad Nabil (Lead) Ammielyya Jusnieza Azila Tasha Azhar Celine Ng Dharshene Rajayah Farah Atiqah Ag Ismail Hannah Norazharuddin Nurul Farhana Mohd Farizah Sufyan Aslam Varsheta Sellappah Vinotheni Rajendran

Dr Amirah Abdul Rahman Assoc. Prof. Dr Baharudin Ibrahim Dr Chee Su Yin Dr Gan Hong Seng Dr Heo Chong Chin Ts. Dr Kang Chia Chao Dr Kew Si Na Dr Lee Tze Yan Dr Mohd Bakri Bakar Dr Ng Sing Muk Dr Nina Diana Nawi Dr Phang Kean Chang Assoc. Prof. Dr Rafidah Zainon Ts. Dr Ranjetta Poobathy Dr Tan Shing Cheng Dr Wendy Yeo Wai Yeng

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